ANNOUNCEMENTS
Net Controls Needed...busy time of year so grab a date soon!
Please make time to volunteer for one session as net control to support your club!
To act as the net control station during our weekly net...Please volunteer at this link. If EACH member of the club would take ONE net per YEAR, we would have every net covered.
December 16- WØHTH
December 23- Need a Net Control
December 30- W3MIX
January 6- Need a Net Control
January 13- Need a Net Control
January 27 -Need a Net Control
Our thanks to those who are volunteering to serve as Net Control Operators. We always need Net Control Operators, so please volunteer. This is a wonderful opportunity to improve your on-the-air skills. It is easy to sign up, just go to the Net Control signup page at the Club's website and follow the instructions. There is a simple script on the same page , bottom of the page, that is easy to follow. Info on the NØXLF and WØTLM repeater can be found on that page as well. If you are into HF nets check this out: NetScraper.
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REMINDERS
This month's RMHAM University...
12/21/2024, Saturday 830AM Solar Power: Planning and Design by Doug K2AD and John W0VG 830am by Doug K2AD and John W0VG Design and planning for solar power, power requirement planning, storage, sizing panels, deciding on mono/poly panels, mounts, sizing, etc....easy to register! You may attend in person at Cherry Creek Schools, 4700 South Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village..or, once you sign up for the classes, you will be given the Zoom codes for simulcast.
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See someone at a meeting you don’t know? Are they a new member or a visitor? Step up and introduce yourself, make them feel welcome.
December: No meeting, enjoy your holidays!
Next WØTLM VE test session(s)
WHO: All license exams will be offered.
WHEN: Sat, 11 Jan, 9AM
WHERE: Black Forest Fire Station
Our next exam session will be held Saturday, January 11th at 9:00 a.m. at the Black Forest Fire Station prior to the club’s Tech Day event. All license exams will be offered. Preregistration is required. Register at the W0TLM website. Please note: This is an update to our original exam posting on January 11th. The exam will not be held at the Monument Library on that date.
More info HERE. Pre-registration required HERE.
LOCAL EDUCATION EVENTS
For anyone who is not familiar with DLARC... you really should check it out: Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a library of materials and collections related to amateur radio and early communications. The DLARC is funded by a significant grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications, a private foundation, to create a digital library that documents, preserves, and provides open access to the history of this community.
This free resource combines archived digitized print materials, born-digital content, websites, oral histories, personal collections, and other related records and publications. The goals of DLARC are both to document the history of amateur radio and to provide freely available educational resources for researchers, students, and the general public.
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73 Bill WT0DX
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ARRL Learning center has TWO NEW EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TRAINING COURSES . ARRL has released two new courses to train emergency (EMCOMM) operators for volunteering within AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE® (ARES®).
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Elmering (the best way for local Educational help) . We have a team of volunteers providing help to those who request assistance. If you need help with anything, please reach out - w0tlm-elmer@w0tlm.org. . Our Google Groups email system is also great for this purpose. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it - and remember: There are no stupid questions. If you have more than a question or two or would like to be paired with an Elmer, please let us know and we'll do our best to connect you with someone who can help you. Contact w0tlm-elmer@w0tlm.org.
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Check out our own website club presentations - WØTLM Presentations. We have a tremendous array of presentations on numerous subjects. If you find one that you need more info on just contact the Elmering crew below.
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RM HAM University - Check out the offerings and sign up. Classes will be both in person at the Cherry Creek Schools Educational Services Center, 4700 South Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, CO but will but will also be simulcast on Zoom. Many of the classes are in the form of a lab, so we are looking forward to meeting in person. RMHAM University full length classes are scheduled from 8:30AM to Noon on the listed day. Once you sign up, you will have access to the zoom information in the registration system. You may ask questions via chat or via your microphone. All of our courses are free to the public, but you will need to register to get the Zoom meeting information. To sign up, please click here
Sign up for classes here
12/21/2024 Solar Power: Planning and Design by Doug K2AD and John W0VG 830am by Doug K2AD and John W0VG Design and planning for solar power, power requirement planning, storage, sizing panels, deciding on mono/poly panels, mounts, sizing, etc.
01/15/2025 Designing Objects for 3D Printing by Jim Dixon KA6ETE
02/15/2025 Nerdfest
03/15/2025 Antenna Workshop by Doug K2AD and Willem AC0KQ
04/26/2025 Grounding and lightning protection by Mike K7AIH
And in case you haven't visited their website, check out past presentations here...an abundance of information shared amongst the ham community!
UPCOMING EVENTS and HAM FESTS
If you attend any of events please send pics, links, reports--either real-time or post wrap up-- for inclusion in newsletter! Also if you know of an event that you think other members would enjoy, please submit. kf0plu@gmail.com
1/18/2025 Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) Winter Hamfest
Time: 8AM
Location: Larimer County Fairgrounds, The Ranch in Loveland, 5280 Arena Circle, north of US-34 on I-25. Take exit 259, go about 1/3 mile east on Crossroads Blvd., then north on Fairgrounds Ave.
Info: Admission $7, door prizes, technical forums, license testing at 9:30 a.m. (no admission required), exhibits, demonstrations, and more. Talk-in on 448.025 MHz (-) 100Hz tone. For more information and to reserve tables, go to ncarc.co.
Contact: https://ncarc.co/hamfest-2025/ (at bottom of page)
1/25-26/2025 Winter Field Day...details to come
Time: tbd
Location: tbd
Info: tbd Home - WFDA
2/7-9/2025 HamCation CENTRAL FLORIDA (just in case you can't wait for Hamcon CO)
Time: check program
Location: Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park, Orlando, FL
Info: HERE hamcation.com Event Program
2/16/2025 RMHAM swapfest - Brighton - 9755 Henderson Road Brighton, CO.
Time: Sunday 9-1pm (Trailer to the Swapfest is posted on the 15th @ 1pm)
Info: more info to come once it's posted on their site
4/5/2025 LARCFEST - Longmont - details later
Time: tbd
Location: Longmont, CO
Info: tbd
5/16-18/2025 Hamvention OH (I think this one had a W0TLM contingent in attendance last year!?)
Time: 730AM-5PM
Location: Dayton, OH
Info: here Hamvention.org
10/23-26/2025 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention – Hamcon Colorado 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Doubletree Hotel, 743 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction CO
Info: More info here.
SOLAR ACTIVITY
Solar Flare Alerts: Sign up for Space Weather Alerts and get instant text notifications when solar flares are underway. There are numerous sites and ways to check and see where and what the chances are of that great contact. One to check is W5MMW solar site info Check it out. Also this site provides solar data NØNBH.
NOAA Radio Communications Dashboard
TIP, TRICKS, & PROJECTS If you have pictures of a new product, hack, install, please share for this section! Submissions would be helpful. kf0plu@gmail.com
SPOTLIGHT CORNER If you attend an event and have pictures of want to submit an article or blurb about an activation or event, please share for this section!
I know it's a busy, all-consuming time of year but your submissions are welcome, even a blurb about an unusual contact?
Or maybe you have holiday decorations in your ham shack for this festive time a year??
Photos a plus! kf0plu@gmail.com
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Still looking for another editor for the newsletter to spread the load. Please volunteer. We have also thought that someone with a more professional eye could make it more appealing. Also, Reporters are encouraged to send in pics of field events, builds, etc... You can provide a single article or submission or be a regular contributor. If you have an interest in such a worthy function let us know; we are also willing to help train with regards to the editor role!
Please check the club website for clothing, calendar, Equipment Cache, Presentations, and other important links at: https://w0tlm.org
Club Support we take no dues but depend on donations and other means of building and keeping our operating budget so check out the website at WØTLM - About Us on how you can help.
Sign up to receive this Newsletter. We use Google Groups for our email list, which is the best way to stay in touch with the radio club activities: WØTLM mailing list and Google group. Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested in ham radio in general or our Club specifically. Each Week, we are posting the most recent version of the Update on the Club's website. For security reasons, some of the links have been removed. If you want the links you will need to sign up to be on our mailing list.
Zoom Invitation/Link for the Next Monthly Club Meeting. The link for the next monthly Club meeting and presentation (but not for Connect Time) is: https://w0tlm.org/w0tlm-club-meeting. Connecting should be as easy as clicking the link. If you have your Zoom account set up you should be prompted to open your Zoom app. If you don't have a Zoom account, you will be prompted to permit Zoom to download. Once it has been downloaded, you will click the prompt to join the meeting. ZOOM HAS UPDATED ITS SETTINGS AND YOU MAY NOW BE PLACED IN A "WAITING ROOM" BEFORE JOINING THE CALL. PLEASE BE PATIENT, WE WILL BE WORKING TO MINIMIZE THE WAITING. Please check the lower left hand corner of the display to confirm that the video does NOT have a red line through it. Please also confirm that the microphone does have a red line through it. If you do not have a camera and microphone on your computer, you may still observe and listen in. The steps are the same, except you do not need to adjust your microphone and camera. Finally, please change your "screen name to reflect your first and last name and call sign. We use this to determine who is attending.
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